Lakdasun Trip Reports Archive » Trip to Badulla, Bandarawela from Galle

Year and Month	December, 2009 (10th to 13th )
Number of Days	Four Day Trip
Crew	08 Adults and 05 kids
Accommodation	At a holiday bungalow at Bandarawela
Transport	Used three vehicles – two cars and one van (As they came from different parts of the country
Activities	Basically to relax….. and give a different experience to kids
Weather	Experienced mixed weather conditions. In the morning nice sun shine, Evening heavy rain and mist. Freezing cold..
Route	10th – We Used two routes My self with my wife daughter and my father from Galle (A2) Weeravila, Wellawaya, Ella, Kumbalwela, Bandarawela My two sisters with there families and my mother from Colombo (A4) Rathnapura, Haputhale, Bandarawela 11th – All together Bandarawela to Welimada, Hakgala, N’eliya 12th – Bandarawela to Badulla, Dunhinda 13th – Bandarawela to Haputale All together and from there we took different rotes to home My self – Haputhale, Beragala, Koslanda, Wellavaya, Weeravila, Galle My sisters – went back on same rote which they came (A4)
Tips, Notes and Special remark	Early preparations would be useful. I finalized a route plan with the assistance of our friends at Lakdasun and carried route map (As I am not familiar with roads) When ever you are not sure about route, stop the vehicle and ask some one. Simple (Choose three wheeler drivers to ask a road. They know most of the roads as they always on the road.. My experience) As our hero member Priyanjan always say, where ever you go “start early”. Then you have more time to spend on the way and you can reach to your destination before it gets dark. We tried to start as early as possible every day and returned back to bungalow early (We had to do some shopping, because we brought goods to prepare food daily)
Author	Rohan
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We started from Galle at about 6.00 am. We prepared our breakfast and lunch in advance. Drive to Wellawaya was easy because road is very even with the new carpet. Had some snacks just passing Matara and carried along.

You can see the road I mentioned…. Mirijjawila to Tissa road

Weather was pleasant at that time as you can see hard to find some sun light..

Fruit Stall at Hanbanthota

we bought some fruits and prepared a salad for the little one

Seems to be the rainy season for Hambantota. Nice green all around. Can’t imagine that is Hambantota. Paddy fields filled with water.

Weeravila to Thanamalwila …… By the road

Weeravila to Thanamalwila …… By the road. We saw various kinds of birds

When we reached Buduruwagala it was raining. We tried to proceed on the gravel road leading to Buduruwagala statue. But we couldn’t make it. Villagers informed us that it is not possible to proceed with a car because of the rain and the road has damaged. We had to be satisfied visiting the Buduruwagala museum

Buduruwagala museum – Picture of the statue	Buduruwagala museum – Artifacts
Buduruwagala museum – Artifacts	Buduruwagala museum – Artifacts

There onwards it was raining all the way through Bandarawela. But rain couldn’t stop us getting down for some time to explore Bambaragala Ella. (As Priyanjan says people used to call it Rawana ella… I used the correct name)

Rain couldn’t stop us from exploring the Bambaragala Ell

Bambaragala Ella Water Fall

From ella onwards to Kumbalwela road was under construction. With heavy rain it was a really tough job for them to proceed. But the weather couldn’t stop the road work! They are doing a remarkable job. When they finish the rest of the road it will be an easy drive to Bandarawela on this road. (Who ever responsible for this should receive the credit)

See the weather condition

still road construction work is going on…..

On 11th of December we went to Hakgala. As usual, beautiful roses, nice surrounding…

Beautiful scenary at Hakgala Botanical Gardens

beautiful roses at Hakgala

In the afternoon went to Ambewela. Road was not great but we could manage. When we returned it was little dark and misty all around.

Ambewela… on time see the milking process

Getting back from Ambewela… Misty

12th of December, Went to Dunhinda. It was a real tough experience. We carried little once also to the falls. While returning from the water fall, heavy rain started and we had to bring them back under the umbrellas.

track to Dunhida, dangerous when wet

Poor little fellows… They enjoyed a lot though

On the 13th We were able to visit Dova temple, Adisham and Diyaluma on our return journey. As we left the bungalow early we could visit those places and were able to reach home before 9.00 pm

Dova Temple	Pintings at Dova Temple
St. Benedict’s Monastery (Adisham) – Haputale	St. Benedict’s Monastery (Adisham) – Haputale
Diyaluma Waterfall	Diyaluma Waterfall

Some wall hangers I found interesting…

Places to visit around Badulla, Bandarawela

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